Wood Group has combined with Amec Foster Wheeler to form a new global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. To find out more about Wood visit our new website at www.woodplc.com

Wood Group has combined with Amec Foster Wheeler to form a new global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. To find out more about Wood visit our new website at www.woodplc.com

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Trading update, 13 March 2017

Unaudited trading update for full year 2016 broadly in line with market expectations

Revenue in 2016 was £5,440m (2015: £5,455m), down 8% on a like for like basis, as a strong performance in solar and E&I was offset by continuing weakness in the oil and gas market.Trading profit in 2016 was £318m (2015: £374m). Significant progress on our £100m overhead cost reduction programme in the fourth quarter was offset by ongoing challenging conditions in the oil and gas market and the impact of cost overruns on a fixed price US government contract in the Pacific in the E&I segment. Overall, trading margin was 5.8%, 110 basis points lower than 2015.

The order book at the end of December stood at £5.8bn, compared to £6.2bn at the half year. Since the year end we have seen a number of contract wins which have not been fully recorded in the order book, and which gives us confidence in the outlook.

Net debt at the end of December was £1,021m, benefitting from strong cash collection in Q4 and £70m of proceeds from the non-core disposal programme. Our net debt to adjusted EBITDA at the end of December 2016 stood at 3.3x. At the end of December 2016, our asbestos related liabilities net of insurance recoveries were £334m (2015: £296m), and our net pension liability was £137m (2015: assetof £63m).